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67 Blueprints for Making Cool Stuff: Projects You Can Build for (and With) Your Kids!
Workman Publishing
May 2013
On Sale: May 7, 2013
336 pages ISBN: 0761171479 EAN: 9780761171478 Paperback
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Non-Fiction | Self-Help
The Snail Soup Can Decoy to keep the candy stash safe. The
Customizable “Keep Out” Sign to deter meddlesome siblings
and parents. A Bunk Bed Communicator made from cardboard
tubes (“Psst! Can you keep the snoring down?”).
Clever, whimsical, and kind of genius, here are 67 unique
projects that will turn any dad with DIY leanings into a mad
scientist hero that his kid(s) will adore. No
screens, no hi-tech gadgetry. Made by Dad combines
the rough-edged, handmade ethos of a Boy Scout manual or
The Dangerous Book for Boys with a sly sense of
humor that kids love. Scott Bedford, a creative director by
day and Webby Award–winning blogger by nights and weekends,
wields an X-ACTO knife, magic marker, and prodigious
imagination to create endlessly delightful projects for his
two sons. He knows that kids like contraptions and gadgets,
things that are surprising—a chair that appears to be
balanced on eggshells. Things that are complex—a multilevel
city, with buildings, tunnels, and roads, built from old
boxes around the legs of a table. And especially things with
humor—the Snappy Toast Rack, made to resemble a crocodile’s
gaping mouth. The projects are shown in
full-color photographs, and the instructions are illustrated
in detailed line drawings that exude personality. Some are
quick and simple enough to be done in a coffee shop; others
are more of an afternoon project— yielding hours and hours
of rich, imaginative playtime.
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